Internet available to more than 4,000 villagesInternet available to more than 4,000 villages

TEHRAN – A total of 4,013 villages with a population of over 20 households across the country are now connected to the internet, IRNA reported.

The universal service obligation (USO) in rural areas aims to provide high-speed internet in villages across the country by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

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Desertification: the greatest challenge to sustainable developmentDesertification: the greatest challenge to sustainable development

TEHRAN - Desertification is a phenomenon that ranks among the greatest environmental challenges of our time.

According to the United Nations, although desertification can include the encroachment of sand dunes on land, it doesn’t refer to the advance of deserts.

Rather, it is the persistent degradation of dryland ecosystems by climate change and

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Centuries-old arch-bridge needs urgent restorationCenturies-old arch-bridge needs urgent restoration

TEHRAN – Pol-e Kashkan, a centuries-old ruined arch-bridge in Lorestan province, requires urgent restoration, the provincial tourism chief said on Tuesday.

A budget of 20 billion rials ($40,000) is required to launch salvage work to strengthen the stone pillars of the bridge, Ata Hassanpour said.

Kashkan Bridge is 300 meters long, and it originally

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Latin America, backyard or bane for America?Latin America, backyard or bane for America?

In an analysis, Vatan-e-Emrooz addressed the president's visit to Latin America and its dimensions.

It wrote: Although today people like Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro, the leaders of the struggle against old and new imperialism, are not present in Caracas and Havana, the collective consciousness and pride that has covered Latin America today and has

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Craftspeople showcase skills in Planning and Budget OrganizationCraftspeople showcase skills in Planning and Budget Organization

TEHRAN - A collection of Persian handicrafts has been put on show at the headquarters of the Planning and Budget Organization in downtown Tehran.

The week-long sales exhibition features the works of 23 craftspeople from across Iran aimed to promote ancient skills passed down from generation to generation, Mehr reported on Wednesday.

Potteries,

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